Etymology

prevenance

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Today it means: A going before; anticipation in sequence or order. Full definition →

French prévenance ← Latin praeveniō ← Proto-Italic *gʷəniō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
  9. Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
  10. Latinveniō
  11. Latinpraeveniō
  12. Frenchprévenir
  13. Frenchprévenance
  14. English todayprevenance

Borrowed from French prévenance, from prévenir + -ance.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.